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Local Government Act 2002

Governance and management of local authorities and community boards - Local boards - Local board plans and agreements

48P: Consultation required on proposed content of local board agreement

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“Unitary authorities must ask for your ideas about local board plans”

When a unitary authority is planning for the future or the year ahead, they need to ask for your opinion on what should be included in local board agreements. They do this at the same time as they ask for your thoughts on their long-term plan or annual plan. The way they ask for your opinion must follow specific rules that are set out in sections 93A to 93G or section 95(2) of the law.

The unitary authority can also ask for your opinion in other ways about what should be in a local board agreement if they think it would be helpful. This is in addition to the required way of asking for your opinion.

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Part 4 Governance and management of local authorities and community boards
Local boards: Local board plans and agreements

48PConsultation required on proposed content of local board agreement

  1. A unitary authority undertaking consultation on the proposed content of a long-term plan or an annual plan under this Act must undertake consultation on the proposed content of each local board agreement to be included in that long-term plan or annual plan in accordance with sections 93A to 93G, or section 95(2), as the case may require.

  2. Subsection (1) does not prevent the unitary authority undertaking other consultation that may be desirable in relation to the proposed content of a local board agreement.”

Notes
  • Section 48P: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).